Today's Reflection: August 3
My profession is to always be on the alert to find God in nature, to know his lurking places, to attend all the oratorios, the operas, in nature.
Henry David Thoreau
All the way to God is God,
because He said, "I am the Way."
St. Catherine of Siena
If you want to pray, you are already praying.
Saying of the Desert Fathers
My religion is very simple.
My religion is kindness.
The Dalai Lama
See everything;
overlook a great deal;
correct a little.
Pope St. John XXIII
In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger and hatred,
we have the privileged vocation to be living signs
of a love that can bridge all ...
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful;
for beauty is God's handwriting--a wayside sacrament.
Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky,
in ...
Bless a thing and it will bless you...
If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you,
and even if it is troublesome for ...
This world is yours, planned in eternity,
created in a moment of sheer exuberance,
permeated with love,
well made.
This place is yours, in its simplicity,
blue sky and countryside, ...
Blessed are those whose hands and hearts
have maintained justice,
who have lived in accordance with
the laws of Love;
those faithful to Love Consciousness
will hear the good counsel, ...
The whole cosmos is a Self-giving of God.
And we will find our place in the great dance
only to the extent that we love.
from Christ of the ...
I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity...
I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else,
but it seemed no longer important whether
everyone loved ...
There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity,
a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness.
This mysterious unity and integrity is wisdom...
There is in ...
To seek out beauty in our work is to make a pilgrimage
of our labors,
to understand that the consummation of work
lies not only in what we ...
Speaking of spirituality, a Sufi master once said,
"A river passes through many countries, and each
claims it for its own. But there is only one river."
from Beyond ...
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities ...